About Frou

Hi, I am a would be when I could be quilter, who struggles to find time to work on the patchwork and quilting I love. I have a short attention span, so start lots of things, finish very little.
Am hoping by setting this up, I might be shamed/ inspired to be motivated to get more done.
Or is it that this will be another distraction? Can’t find time to stitch, need to update my blog!

Yarning Inspiration

I’ve just come back from a lovely quilty weekend with 7 friends. This is the 3rd year we’ve been away to The Parsonage and this year we spent Saturday at Threadbear working together on applique designs. Corliss is a fantastic teacher, able to help the newbies as well as teach some of us with a bit more experience some new techniques and tips.

As usual, at the end of the day I had almost nothing to show for it, except a couple of pieces pinned to my background, but it was fascinating to see the different applique blocks people made, interpreting the design using their own fabrics.

Apart from working on some Morell quilt blocks, as well as starting to sew down the binding on a 1930s quilt, I spent a lot of time over the weekend stitching this lovely cross-stitch sampler. Had hoped to finish it at the weekend, but found that talking and stitching does not accuracy make! Had to do some unpicking on Monday and finished this tonight.

This sampler is available from Alma Allen from Blackbird Designs blog and I’m going to give it to Mum. It was stitched on Ivory 28ct Evenweave using Threadworx Cherry Cola thread. I enjoyed this so much, I bought some more Threadworx thread at Quilters Bazaar on Friday – going to have a go at making one for me using either Threadworx Peppermint (red/pink) or Bleeding Hearts (red!)